Vinca
major. V pubescens Greater
periwinkle Family: Apocynaceae
PART USED:Aerial parts.
TASTE: Slightly bitter and acird.
ODORLESS ACTIONS GROUP: The Endocrine and Reproductive- Hypoglycaemics
1. Hypoglycaemic.[2,3]
2. Astringent.[1,2,3]
3. Hemostatic.[1,2,3]
4. Blood building. As a restorative tonic following blood loss or in anemia.
5. Bitter tonic. INDICATIONS
1. Menorrhagia.[1,2,3] Leukorrhea.[1,2,3]
Diarrhea. Diabetes.
2. Enuresis.[1]
3. Hemorrhages. Epistaxis.[3]
Hemorrhoids- topical application.[1]
4. Mouth and throat inflammations.[3]
Mouth ulcers.[3]
5. Nervousness. Nightmares.
6. Wounds
7. Inflammatory skin conditions
8. Convalescence. SPECIFIC INDICATIONS: Menorhagia.[1] CONTRAINDICATIONS: Constipation.[1] COMBINATIONS
- Metrorrhagia and menorrhagia- use with Beth
Root.
PREPARATIONS:
3X/day
Dried herb 2-4 g,[1,2,3] or
by infusion[1] 1:20.
Fluid extract 1:1 in 25% alcohol 2-4 ml.[1,2,3]
ORIGIN: Southern Europe. Grown widely as an ornamental. DESCRIPTION
Semi-procumbent shrub with trailing or ascending stems 30-100 cm long. Leaves;
dark green, broadly lanceolate up to 8 cm long and 5 cm broad with entire margins.
Flowers; solitary, violet in colour, with 5 joined petals, up to 5 cm in diameter,
towards the top of short erect stems.
[1] British Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1983 Published by the British Herbal Medicine
Association ISBN 0 903032 07 4.
[2] Herbal Materia Medica Course Notes For Diploma of Naturopathy and Diploma
of Herbalism Students by Lydia Mottram.
[3] Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations R.C. Wren
Revised by Elizabeth M. Williamson and Fred J Evans. First published in Great
Britain in 1988 and reprinted in 1989 and 1994 by the C. W. Daniel Company Limited.
1 Church Path, Saffron Walden Essex. Published 1988 Printed and bound by Biddles,
Guildford ISBN 085207 1973. Images
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Indole alkaloids;[1]
majdine, isomajdine, majoridine, alkuamine, akuammicine, carpanaubine, ervine,
reserpinine, serpentine, sarpagine, tetrahydroalstonine, vincamajine, vincamajoreine.[3,4,5,6]
Vinblastine and vincristine.[1,2]
Tannins.[1,2,7]
The cytotoxic dimeric alkaloids present in the Madagascar Periwinkle- Cantharanthus
roseus V. rosea, which are used to treat certain types of cancer, have
not been found in V. major. References
[1] British Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1983 Published by the British Herbal Medicine
Association ISBN 0 903032 07 4.
[2] Herbal Materia Medica Course Notes For Diploma of Naturopathy and Diploma
of Herbalism Students by Lydia Mottram.
[3] Kaul, J. L. and Tojanek (1966) Lloydia 29,25
[4] Janot, M.M. et al. (1962) Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 1079
[5] Gosset-Garnier, J. et al. (1965) Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 676
[6] Hess, M. "Indolalkaloide in Tabellen", Pub. Springer-Verlag (1964
and 1968)
[7] Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations R.C.
Wren Revised by Elizabeth M. Williamson and Fred J Evans. First published in
Great Britain in 1988 and reprinted in 1989 and 1994 by the C. W. Daniel Company
Limited. 1 Church Path, Saffron Walden Essex. Published 1988 Printed and bound
by Biddles, Guildford ISBN 085207 1973.
References
Indole alkaloids from Vinca major and V. minor growing in Turkey. Bahadori F, Topçu G, Boga M, Türkekul A, Kolak U, Kartal
M. Abstract
A new indole alkaloid, 11-hydroxypolyneuridine, was isolated from Vinca major
subsp. major L. and the known indole alkaloids vallesiachotamine and isovallesiachotamine
from Vinca minor L. This is the first report on the alkaloids of both Vinca species
growing in Turkey; vallesiachotamine and isovallesiachotamine were isolated from
a Vinca species for the first time. V. minor may be considered as a new source
for these two alkaloids due to their occurrence in high amount in the aerial parts
of the plant. The alkaloid extracts of the two Vinca species were found to have
high lipid peroxidation inhibitory and DPPH radical scavenging activities. Anticholinesterase
activity of the extracts was also very strong. Nat Prod Commun. 2012 Jun;7(6):731-4.
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